To discuss how climate change has impacted the rate of certain negative health outcomes, let’s first assess their general prevalence.
Clearly, according to the map below, lung cancer is a relevant issue in our three states of interest (NY, PA, and OH). They also provide a good range of examples, as we can see multiple counties with high age-adjusted incidence rates in Ohio, a few in New York, and virtually none in Pennsylvania.
# plotly of county level data
county_map_lc_leaf
We can also check how these rates have changed by state over time:
# plotly of county level data
lc_plot
mel_plot
lc_ap_plot